Shed Light On The Lack Of Urban Green Spaces

I can’t help imagining a butterfly effect between the current spontaneous protests sweeping across Spain and the interventions by the Luzinterruptus collective. At least, I like the idea. Since 2008, the Madrid-based street art group has been acting “with the simple idea of focusing people’s attention by using light on problems that we found in the city and that seem to go unnoticed to the authorities and citizens”.

“The night of the 5th of May we took to the streets at midnight on our journey from Malasaña to Lavapiés, we left 50 small ecosystems, living in the harshest and greyest areas of the city center. In reality, the intention of this intervention was to make homage and call attention to the insignificant weeds which grow in the most unexpected places and which seem very beautiful to us, for their obstinance in surviving the harsh daily life and for their spontaneity. Hopefully, some of the plants we left , have rooted in a crack, doorway or sewer and someone has noticed it…”

Creative studio eks why zed designed the interior of this temporary bun shop in London. The lay-out of the 10 square meters shop is inspired by the Japanese ‘izakaya’ format, and shows that low-cost can make a big impact.

Currently we’re in Copenhagen for the launch of the HP Designjet and Bjarke Ingels’ 8-House premiere. Coincidentally we stumbled upon an interesting new coffee bar concept here. The bar on the picture called Fotocaféen is a photo and printing coffee bar, which means that the art of photography and the crafts and service of printing…

La Place de L’Etoile (also known as Place Charles de Gaulle) is the most dangerous roundabout in Paris. Everyone who has ever visited the Arc de Triomphe knows what I’m talking about — the authorities kindly advise visitors to take the tunnel to the monument instead of crossing the road. Theater group X/TNT came up with a great idea to raise awareness for the issue and to provide a (temporary) solution.